idyllic
pronunciation
How to pronounce idyllic in British English:
UK [ɪˈdɪlɪk]
How to pronounce idyllic in American English:
US [aɪˈdɪlɪk]
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- Adjective:
- excellent and delightful in all respects
- suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene
Word Origin
- idyllic (adj.)
- "full of natural, simple charm," 1831, literally "suitable for an idyll" (late 18c. in sense "pertaining to an idyll"); from idyll + -ic.
Example
- 1. The mouth of the murray-darling river sets an idyllic scene .
- 2. Darwin otherwise led an idyllic life .
- 3. Life in the nudist colony was idyllic in a sense .
- 4. Of the ordinary idyllic society that we all took for granted .
- 5. Truffle hunting in tuscany sounds like an idyllic way to spend a holiday .